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Lukas Stefanko • 10 Apr 2024 • 17 min. read
ESET Research
eXotic Visit campaign: Tracing the footprints of Virtual Invaders
Jakub Kaloč • 20 Mar 2024 • 8 min. read
Rescoms rides waves of AceCryptor spam
Anh Ho, Facundo Muñoz, Marc-Etienne M.Léveillé • 07 Mar 2024 • 14 min. read
Evasive Panda leverages Monlam Festival to target Tibetans
Business Security, Digital Security
Delivering trust with DNS security
Privacy
7 reasons why cybercriminals want your personal data
Malware
Will ChatGPT start writing killer malware?
AI-pocalypse soon? As stunning as ChatGPT’s output can be, should we also expect the chatbot to spit out sophisticated malware?
Cameron Camp • 20 Feb 2023
Video
Search ads abused to spread malware – Week in security with Tony Anscombe
Threat actors used search engine ads to impersonate makers of popular software and direct internet users to malicious websites
Editor • 17 Feb 2023
Business Security
Security amidst a global frost
No longer relegated to a side-show, tech is embedded into virtually every new piece of gear entering the battlefield
Cameron Camp • 16 Feb 2023
These aren’t the apps you’re looking for: fake installers targeting Southeast and East Asia
ESET researchers have identified a campaign using trojanized installers to deliver the FatalRAT malware, distributed via malicious websites linked in ads that appear in Google search results
Matías Porolli and Fernando Tavella • 16 Feb 2023
Scams
10 signs that scammers have you in their sights
Don’t be their next victim – here’s a handy round-up of some the most common signs that should set your alarm bells ringing
Phil Muncaster • 15 Feb 2023
We Live Progress
ChatGPT, will you be my Valentine?
Spoiler alert: it turned me down. But that’s far from the only thing I learned while playing around with the bot that the world has fallen in love with so badly.
André Lameiras • 14 Feb 2023
Confident cybersecurity means fewer headaches for SMBs
Small and medium-sized businesses have good reason to be concerned about the loss of data and financial impacts
Editor • 13 Feb 2023
Key findings from the latest ESET Threat Report – Week in security with Tony Anscombe
What is behind the drop in ransomware and what should still be done for containing the ransomware scourge?
Editor • 10 Feb 2023
Alexa, who else is listening?
Your smart speaker is designed to listen, but could it be eavesdropping too?
Jake Moore • 09 Feb 2023
Threat Reports, ESET Research
ESET Threat Report T3 2022
A view of the T3 2022 threat landscape as seen by ESET telemetry and from the perspective of ESET threat detection and research experts
Roman Kováč • 08 Feb 2023
Digital Security
Into the void: Your tech and security in digital darkness
No internet, perfect security? Two ESET researchers perform a thought experiment where they consider the implications of being plunged into digital darkness.
Aryeh Goretsky and Cameron Camp • 07 Feb 2023
Kids Online
Online safety laws: What’s in store for children’s digital playgrounds?
As children’s safety and privacy online becomes a matter of increasing urgency, lawmakers around the world push ahead on new regulations in the digital realm
André Lameiras • 06 Feb 2023
Sponsor with batch-filed whiskers: Ballistic Bobcat’s scan and strike backdoor
Ramsay: A cyber-espionage toolkit tailored for air-gapped networks
Scarabs colon-izing vulnerable servers
Dear all, What are some common subject lines in phishing emails?
Maltego: Check how exposed you are online
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